SABAH IS AN ISSUE BETWEEN LESSOR LANDLORD (THE SULTAN OF SULU) AND ILLEGAL TENANT (MALAYSIA)

Sabah or North Borneo and the island of Palawan including Spratly islands were bestowed as gifts eternal to the Sultan of Sulu by the Sultan of Brunei in 1658 in gratitude for the military assistance of the Sultan of Sulu to avert a civil war in Borneo. Thus, since that time, Sabah became a property of the Sultan of Sulu and the Sultanate of Sulu. Sabah's problem is that illegal Tenant Squatter (Malaysia) squatted on the property and sovereign patrimony of the Sultan of Sulu the original Owner of Sabah since 1658 to this day

In 1878, HM Sultan Jamalul Ahlam Kiram (The Sultan of Sulu & The Sultan of Sabah), as the legitimate owner, leased Sabah to a British company of Gustavus Baron de Overbeck and Alfred Dent for their use and their heirs for an amount of 5,000 Mexican dollars or 5,000 pieces of 8 in gold per year (which is equivalent to over US$20 million today per year) but this Perpetual Lease prohibits the transfer of Sabah to any nation, company or individual without the consent of His Majesty's Government (“Government of the Sultan of Sulu”). The transfer of Sabah by Great Britain to Malaysia in 1963 constituted a “breach” of the provisions of the 1878 Lease as the Government of the Sultan of Sulu did not consent to the transfer to Malaysia. As a point in law, Sabah must and should be returned to the Lessor or owners; i.e., the Sultan of Sulu and the Sultanate of Sulu.

”Perpetual Lease” means that the lease or rental agreement was not eternal but it was only “perpetual” or continuous to the original lessees or renters for as long as the Original Lessees were alive but de Overbeck and the 2 Dent Brothers were long dead so this Perpetual Lease no longer existed thus Sabah should revert and should be returned to the Sultan of Sulu as Lessor Landlord Owner and should NOT be illegally occupied by Malaysia.

In 1906 and 1920, the United States formally reminded Great Britain that Sabah did not belong to Great Britain and was still part of the Sultanate of Sulu but Great Britain ignored the USA and did not listen to the reminder of the USA and transferred Sabah illegally to Malaysia in 1962. This transfer is prohibited under the Sabah Lease of 1878, thus it is illegal.

The continued occupation of Sabah by Malaysia is illegal and it must end. Malaysia pays the heirs of the Sultan of Sulu very small annual rent of Php77,442.36 or US$1,500 for Sabah a real estate property with land area of 73,711 square kilometers. This very small yearly rent is unjust and unfair, and it is unacceptable and indefensible how Malaysia can illegally stay in Sabah by paying so little amount of rent per year.

Sabah contributes over US$60 billion GDP to the Malaysian economy annually (pumping at least 1 million barrels of oil per day in Sabah or US$100 million daily). And looking at fair commercial rental property transactions globally, the Lessor can expect to receive rental payment of at least 10% to 12% or US$6 billion to US$7.2 billion per year from the Tenant. But the Lessor only received a measly US$1,500 per year so the Malaysian payment is abhorrent and a rape of Sabah resources and theft of Sabah by Malaysia against the Sultanate of Sulu, the Tausugs and the Filipinos.

Due to the theft and rape of Sabah resources and riches by Malaysia, regarded as Un-Islamic and Haram that caused the lack of economic developments in the Sultanate of Sulu and also in Sabah many pro independence groups advocate independence of Sulu and Sabah. Malaysia is “Haram” Muslim nation that grabs Sabah the land owned by Muslims from the Sultanate of Sulu. Malaysia's land-grabbing of Sabah is betrayal of Islam - - and regarded as “theft” of Sabah by Malaysia against the Tausugs, the Filipinos and against the norms of civilized society!

The Sultan of Sulu and The Sultan of Sabah His Majesty Sultan Muhammad Fuad A. Kiram I (current Owner Lessor Landlord) expounds that if Malaysia wants to stay in Sabah, then Malaysia must pay the correct and proper amount of rent of US$6 Billion to US$7.2 Billion per year. If the rental payment is not acceptable, he proposes “Joint Administration” between the Sultan of Sulu and Sultan of Sabah and Malaysia to administer Sabah and all incomes are split co-equally, similar to the joint administration or “Condominium of France and Great Britain in Vanuatu” prior to Vanuatu's independence.

Income to be derived from Sabah rental or joint administration will be used for the benefits of the Tausugs of Sulu and Sabah to give them free hospitals and free medicines, free education, assisted free housing and other services needed by our underprivileged people.

The correct rental payment by Malaysia to the Sultanate of Sulu and/ or the joint administration of Sabah will be the solution to the Sabah issue. In any Joint Administration, the Sultanate of Sulu will insist that 50% of the earnings will be for Sabah people’s social and economic developments and 25% each for Malaysia and the Sultanate of Sulu.

If the rental payment or joint administration is not acceptable, then Malaysia must vacate Sabah and return Sabah to the lawful owners – the Sultan of Sulu, the Tausugs and Filipinos.

A proposal was received to look for a new Sabah tenant to replace Malaysia. In law, if a tenant is not fulfilling its obligations, then the Owner Lessor Landlord has all the legal rights to look for a suitable new tenant. HM Sultan Muhammad Fuad A. Kiram I expounded that the Policies of our Royal Cabinet is a Sulu Sabah Genuine Autonomous Region (“SSGAR”) to reunite the Tausugs of Sulu and Sabah as one people again and/ or a Free and Independent Sabah. Please see POLICIES OF REIGNING SULTAN.

1878 DEED OF SABAH LEASE/ RENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SULTAN OF SULU & SABAH (AS LESSOR) AND A BRITISH COMPANY (AS TENANT) BUT MALAYSIA OCCUPIED SABAH ILLEGALLY IN 1963 WITHOUT CONSENT BY THE SULTAN OF SULU & SABAH

The Sultan of Sulu and The Sultan of Sabah prays for the good people of Sabah to recognize and know that Sabah belongs to The Sultan of Sulu and The Sultan of Sabah and the Sultanate of Sulu as lawful owners, and that Malaysia illegally occupied Sabah since 1963. He appeals to the good people of Sabah and the fair-minded leaders of the international community to end the Malaysian illegal occupation and return Sabah to its lawful owners, so that roads, free hospitals, free education, free housing, power plants, schools, drinking water supply system and other basic services can be realized in Sulu. Out of 18 towns of Sulu province alone, only the town of Jolo has cursory power and water and some roads, but all the 17 towns of Sulu lack these services and infrastructures depriving the people of their basic needs that have been existing for many years that must be urgently resolved.

HM Sultan Muhammad Fuad Abdulla Kiram I representing the people of the Sultanate of Sulu being the lawful owners of Sabah comment that, in the event of successful Sabah recovery from Malaysia, the Royal Family and the Sultanate of Sulu will not drive anyone out of Sabah, be it may Malaysians, Tamils, Indians, Chinese, Filipinos, Tausugs, Australians, Europeans, Americans, or other nationalities, etc.

HM Sultan Muhammad Fuad I further states that any investor or any developer who put their investment capital in Sabah will not be dispossessed of their investment, and that the rule of law will be upheld, with no distinction of any kind, such as race, color, language, gender, religion, political or other opinion, social origin, property, birth or other status, etc.

HM Sultan Muhammad Fuad Abdulla Kiram I further envisions that one day the nations of the international community will finally intervene to force the departure of Malaysia in Sabah, as the illegal land grabbing and unlawful occupation of Sabah by Malaysia dispossessing the poor people of the Sultanate of Sulu of their Sabah land ownership, cannot be condoned and tolerated forever by good nations and peoples who believe in natural justice and in a fair and just society, as the acts of illegal occupation of Sabah by Malaysia are against the rule of law.

SMALL CESSION MONEY OR RENTAL MONEY OF US$1,500 A YEAR FROM MALAYSIAN EMBASSY IN THE PHILIPPINES

***NOTE: The meaning of "Cession Money", in International Law, is the payment of a sovereign government to another sovereign government for the cession of a certain landed territory.

Since Malaysia, a sovereign government, pays the nine (9) heirs of the Sultan of Sulu & Sabah who are private individuals (and not sovereign government), therefore, the annual money paid by Malaysia through its Embassy in Manila is not cession money but "Rental Money" to Sabah/ North Borneo which Malaysia illegally occupied since 1963 to this day.

Thus, in view of the above, we state that the illegal occupation of Sabah by Malaysia must stop and that Sabah must be returned to the lawful owners -- to the Sultan of Sulu, the Tausugs and the Filipinos.

GENEALOGY & SUCCESSION BASED ON LAW OF SUCCESSION OF THE KINGLY FAMILY OF THE ROYAL HASHEMITE SULTANS OF SULU &SABAH:HM Sultan Muhammad Fuad Abdulla Kiram I is the most capable and most suitable member of the Royal blood line as per Law of Succession of the Royal House of Sulu and Sabah and is the legitimate and lawful Royal Hashemite Sultan of Sulu and Sabah.HM Sultan Muhammad Fuad A. Kiram I is the brother of the late HM Sultan Mahakuttah Abdulla Kiram (Sultan 1974-1986) and son of the late HM Sultan Muhammad Esmail E. Kiram I (Sultan 1947-1973), who gave the power of attorney to Philippine Pres. Diosdado Macapagal in 1962 then to Philippine Pres.Ferdinand E. Marcos in 1969 for the Philippine Government to recover Sabah
His grandfather was HM Sultan Mawallil Wasit Kiram, successor to his brother HM Sultan Jamalul Kiram II (Sultan 1893-1936), childless, who died of poisoning. HM Sultan Mawallil Wasit Kiram ruled only for six (6) months due to death bypoisoning in 1936, whereupon the throne was inherited by hisfirst-born son HM Sultan Muhammad Esmail E. Kiram I. The father of HM Jamalul Kiram II was HM Sultan Jamalul Ahlam Kiram who leased North Borneo (Sabah) to a British Company in 1878. HRH Prince Ezzarhaddon A. Kiram is the Crown Prince of the Royal Hashemite Sultanate of Sabah and is known as the Prince of Kota Kinabalu while his brother HRH Prince Al-Mezzheer A. Kiram is the Crown Prince of the Royal Hashemite Sultanate of Sulu and is kno
wn as the Prince of Jolo.